Deductive reasoning is the psychological process of drawing deductive inferences. An inference is a set of premises together with a conclusion. This psychological process starts from the … 展开

Deductive arguments differ from non-deductive arguments in that the truth of their premises ensures the truth of their conclusion. There are two … 展开

Deductive arguments are evaluated in terms of their validity and soundness.
An argument is valid if it is impossible for its premises to be true while its conclusion is false. In other words, … 展开

Cognitive psychology
Cognitive psychology studies the psychological processes responsible for deductive reasoning. It is concerned, among other things, with how good people are at drawing valid deductive inferences. This includes the study … 展开

Deductive reasoning usually happens by applying rules of inference. A rule of inference is a way or schema of drawing a conclusion from a set of … 展开

Deductive reasoning is usually contrasted with non-deductive or ampliative reasoning. The hallmark of valid deductive inferences is that it is … 展开

Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, started documenting deductive reasoning in the 4th century BC. René Descartes, in his book Discourse on Method, refined the idea for the 展开